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11 Cards in this Set
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Paul |
narrator, soldier of the second company, wants to be a poet before he is drafted, best friends with kat and kropp, is injured with kropp |
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Kat |
cobbler in civilian life, shrewd, resourceful, the unofficial leader of Paul's company, likens military ranks to animal kingdom |
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Kropp |
clearest thinker, is injured with Paul, has suicidal thoughts after his leg is amputated, GETS 3 DAYS OF ARREST W/ TJADEN |
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Tjaden |
locksmith in civilian life, has a bladder problem at night that causes him to wet his bed, has a personal vendetta against Himmelstoss, 3 DAYS OPEN ARREST WITH KROPP |
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Müller |
hard headed and still carries his school textbooks with him, receives kemmerich's boots and passes them to paul, dies of a stomach wound |
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Haie Westhus |
a peat digger in civilian life, would like to remain in the military after the war, dies of a back wound |
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Detering |
peace loving farmer, becomes homesick with cherry trees & escapes, is captured and sent to field tribunal and never heard from again |
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Kemmerich |
Paul's childhood friend, dies from a leg amputation |
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Himmelstoss |
lance corporal of Paul's company, antagonist of the story, former postman, bullies tjaden and Paul's friends, is sent the front as a lesson, proves to be a coward in the front |
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Kantorek |
symbolizes nationalism in the story, former schoolmaster of Paul's class, persuades all of the boys to volunteer, later tormented by his former student Mittelstead |
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Joseph Behm |
classmate of Paul that hesitates to volunteer, then joins 3 months before he would've been drafted. In the front he is blinded and lies screaming and in pain. He wanders into the line of fire and is the 1st of Paul's class to die |
